⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 24 from three
- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 15-7 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- Winner
Eric Williams made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kenny Anderson.
Q4 1:32 · BOS 92-89 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 1:32 · BOS 97-89 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:30 · BOS 88-87 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 5:20 · BOS 18-21 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 8:53 · BOS 57-63 BKN
- Ties it
Jason Kidd made 21 ft Jumper.
Q4 1:53 · BOS 89-89 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Keith Van Horn Technical Foul
Q2 2:57 · BOS 39-42 BKN
- Missed FT
Lucious Harris missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:50 · BOS 88-86 BKN
📊The numbers
| BOS | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
